Shanghai airports serve 5m passengers in April 2015

By Dino D'Amore
June 5, 2015 09:04

Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG) and Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) handled up to 37,245 aircraft movements in April 2015, an increase of 14.5% compared with the same period last year. Passenger numbers at the two airports rose 19.9% to 5.03 million. Domestic passenger volume rose 24.3% to 2.54 million, while the numbers of international passengers rose 20.5% to 1.98 million.

Cargo traffic increased 4.6 percent to 276,500 tonnes, among which 207,500 tonnes were carried on international flights.